Look again — it's not one of the Norfolk & Western's famous class J 4-8-4s but their less glamorous cousins, the streamlined 4-8-2s of class K. Streamlined 4-8-2s were rare in North America, and the only other examples that come to mind are the Union Pacific's No. 7002 and the New York Central's "Rexall Train," L2c No. 2873. (The Canadian National's bullet-nosed U-1-f class might also be considered "streamlined.") Members of Norfolk & Western's K class were streamlined to handle some of the lighter passenger assignments for which the hefty Js would have been a waste of power. Their appearance, as streamliners, was marred by retention of the original rivet-fabricated trailing truck, where a one-piece steel casting of the Delta type would have been more pleasing. But these engines served well. Coming from Baldwin in 1923, No. 135 as rebuilt had 70-inch drivers, 28x30-inch cylinders, and 220 pounds of boiler pressure. She weighed 359,460 pounds and developed 63,800 pounds of tractive effort. The photo, from the collection of my brother David, was taken in Cincinnati in September 1954, but the photographer's identity is unknown.